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Critically analyse Durkheim’s views on elementary forms of religious life and role of religion. Also discuss the consequences of religious revivalism in contemporary society.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Sociological Thinkers

Émile Durkheim, in The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), argued that religion is neither illusion nor error but the symbolic worship of society itself. The thesis also illuminates today's religious resurgence.

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  • Durkheim's argument
  • Critical appraisal
  • Consequences of religious revivalism today
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